Since the time I read them‚ they never came out of my mind‚ and they grabbed my attention since I read their titles. “The Penalty of Death” by Henry Louis Mencken and “Execution” by Anna Quindlen‚ are the essay that affected me the most from the River Reader book. Maybe because I thought about the death penalty before‚ or maybe because their words affected me and my way of thinking. The thing that I am sure about that both of the essay touched my emotions and feelings in a way that let me never forgot
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think of Anna Quindlen. She won many awards. They include but are not limited to a Pulitzer and two Clarion Awards. She is an older sister and a daughter‚ as well as a wife and mother. Anna Quindlen has published many‚ many literary works‚ including novels‚ children’s books‚ nonfiction works‚ columns‚ and new table pictorials. This woman is not only an author‚ but she is a role model and hero to some‚ having accomplished her dreams with great dignity and grace. Anna Quindlen was not always Anna Quindlen
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Luxury In a country full of wealth and luxury many people who lack in these things fly under the radar. In the essay “School’s out for the Summer” by Anna Quindlen she takes a forceful approach on bring it to the American people’s attention. She shows America that the stories you hear about on the news are more than just oceans away‚ but right here in your backyard. In Anna Quindlen’s essay she effectively shines a light on America’s fight against child hunger. For many children school is a complete
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Rhetorical Analysis Anna Quindlen describes in the essay "Abortion is too Complex to Feel one Way About" the different situation that we as a human race are put in everyday. She talks about the topic of abortion in a way that one feels they have had to make the decision of whether or not a person is pro-choice or pro-life. She uses references that are of different personal experiences in the essay that are vital to the audience. Quindlen is writing to state her point that one should never put
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caring towards her daughter or a mother who bickers non-stop? Through the short stories Mothers by Anna Quindlen and Amy Tan’s‚ Two kinds‚ the author displays the positive and negative relationship revealed through the presence of a mother. There are different emotions felt when a mother is absent in a daughters life. She strays to wonder how life would be like with her mother. As displayed in Anna Quindlen short story‚ Mothers‚ it is revealed that a daughter struggles to find the actuality of fantasy
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Summer not always the best ‘Read on to learn the problems we have during the summers in america’ Anna Quindlen wrote “School’s out for summer” to inform people about a problem we have in america and we do have a problem. Many people think as summer as a good thing no school‚ no waking up early‚ no more homework‚ but for some people summer is not the best thing for them some kids may not get to eat as much in the summer many kids eat lunch in school and even breakfast as it say in the text “fifteen
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Never Stop Giving “School’s Out for Summer‚” written by Anna Quindlen‚ is a persuasive writing trying to support starvation. The intention of this article is to show how students all over the United States have nothing to eat while family members are gone at work. Anna’s argument is very effective‚ giving great detail into what it is being done. As she argues we as Americans can do more‚ she gives information how others are helping. “One food bank in Nevada decided to send trucks to the parks
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failure? I know I would. In Anna Quindlen’s essay “Schools out for summer” she writes about the struggle that is putting a meal on the table for your kids and how many kids’ parents depended on school to put a meal in their child’s stomach. She also says we need to step up and take action on the matter rather than basically look past it. But how effective was Anna in her essay? “Some kids don’t get enough to eat‚ no matter what people want to tell themselves” when Anna said This she didn’t just make
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such as Anna Quindlen. Whilst Peter focuses more on giving anything that is not deemed “necessary” to the poor‚ Anna Quindlen focuses more on self-acceptance and betterment. Although those three points of views are arguably correct in some ways‚ a community should not be based on selfishness or selflessness. A community is a group of people who are all striving for a similar goal: improving one’s self and the ties within the community. For the individuals within the community‚ improving
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THE HUNGER PROBLEM In the story ‘School’s Out for Summer’ Anna Quindlen writes a newspaper on child hunger and how we should fix it. She explains what we should do to help. She explains that some of it has to do with the homeless and poor. She explains ‘somes kids don’t get enough to eat‚ no matter what people want to tell themselves‚do the math;during the the rest of the year 15 million students get free or cut-rate lunches at school’. I think that she wrote this essay to inform people about the
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